David Van Os Whistlestop Tour in Austin Saturday 12/3

[sonias]

David Van Os campaigned for Chief Justice in 2004. Where people heard his message in 2004 they voted for him. He won in many counties in rural Texas. In 2006 he again will carry his message to all the people of Texas starting with this kick off party.

Come to the Barr Mansion in Austin Saturday 12/3 for a real Democratic Hootenanny:

The featured guest speaker will be Jim Hightower.
The Spine Award will be presented by the Progressive Populist Caucus (Sponsored by the Backbone Campaign).
Meet David Van Os
Join in the Mixer 5 - 6 pm: Celtic and World Folk Music by Tres Lunas.
Dinner Buffet 6 - 7 pm.
Speakers and Presentations 7 - 8 pm.

Call Robin Meade at 512-310-9636 and reserve a seat at the table for this fun but important event. The donation required is $50 a person.

Learn more...
http://www.vanosfortexasag.com/

Van Os - The peoples' lawyer. Don't you think we need one fighting for us. Let's put some more fuel in that fire. And it's about damn time we brought back hootenannies, too.

And for our other state wide friends, you don't need to feel left out. Please feel free to contribute what you can to David's campaign online.
:dem:

Sonia

[Vincardog]

1. You beat me to it Sonia KICK

[PDittie]

2. Still room on the DVO-Train for y'all...

and he needs all the hep y'all can give, too.

[sonias]

3. The Backbone Campaign

Some background on the Spine Award David will be awarded.
http://www.backbonecampaign.org/

There has never been a Texas Democratic Candidate who worked as hard as David. He deserves about 100 of these spine awards.

Sonia

[sonias]

4. kick for Saturday

David was great on Al Franken's show today. It was just too short. He got his revocation of corporate charter comments in though.

Way to go David!

Sonia

[PDittie]

5. Over 100 RSVP'd and Barr Mansion can accomodate

about 130, so if you're making a last-minute decision, you can still get in.

I want photos and a report (I'll miss it due to out-of-town family in for their holiday visit early).

[sonias]

6. I'm sure we'll have some last minute drop ins

I'll post a report PDittie. I'm going. I keep hearing about a surprise guest that might show up and I'm just wondering if it's Al Franken. He might still be in Texas today. He does show a book signing on Sunday 12/4 on his AAR site in MN, but that's not until 3 p.m.

Sonia

[sonias]

7. Here's my report PDittie

We had a great kickoff for the Whistlestop Tour. What better place to get David's campaign off than the historic Barr Mansion with Jim Hightower to give us the lowdown on the state of our state. We had a very good crowd, the food was excellent and the music by Tres Lunas was wonderful. The decorations were very festive. And we even had a train whistle musician who provided the whistle sound when needed. It was a lot of fun.

The Progressive Populist Caucus presented David the Spine Award. I learned that only 12 of these awards have been issued nationwide. Our own David Van Os if one of the very first to get one. David had us stomping our feet.

JIm Hightower was funny as usual and said that of all the things he really wanted for Christmas was a real Democratic Party alive and kicking.

David gave us a rousing speech about working hard and taking on the corporate interests that are holding our democracy hostage. Not just because it's the right thing to do but because it would be his duty as Attorney General.

These pictures are Sheril Smith's pictures. She's our Progressive Populist Caucus Chair.






More pictures and a related blog at Dave Haigler's Demlog. Dave hails from Abiline, Texas.
http://demlog.blogspot.com

Sonia